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Song

When I’m Home

James Blake

The Odyssey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 2026, English

Lyrics

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It's not goin' in
It's not goin' in
You reach for sharper tools
And now I can't forget the sound of a drill
(The sound of a drill)
And now I can't forget the sound of a drill
Oh-whoa-whoa
And I wonder what are we waitin' for?
And I wonder what are we waitin' for?
A face (wait for you)
A fleet (for you)
A war (for you)
When it's not goin' in
It's not goin' in
You reach for sharper tools
(It's not goin' in)
Don't speak, hold him instead
Look up and see the man on the ledge
And he will know what it was when he's home
Don't, don't, don't, don't ask
What the feelin' is
It's not easy, it's not easy, yeah
I will, I will know what it was
When I'm home
I will know (mm)
A face (high)
Drown in my feet (high)
Raisin' a fleet (high)
Patrollin' the sea
End in a war
Life on the sand
Dreamin' of land
Sight of a man
Fantasies and dreams (ooh)
A nightmarе, a thought (ooh)
Night tales and schemes (ooh)
I nailеd the trick
Those spells was sick (sick, sick)
A lost soul in Troy
My heart growin' old
What happened to stickin' to the plan, man?
I'm marchin' to this beach, I'm havin' band withdrawals
Prayin' to a God, I'm askin', "Please, lead me"
These tools I'm workin' with ain't really sharp at all
Lookin' for a Siren, hopin' that they call
Floatin' over water, I can hear those holes
Those holes (those holes)
The sun is under you
'Der you, of you
The sun is under you (and now I can't forget)
'Der you (the sound of a drill), of you
In my defense
In my defense
I will know what I did worst
When I'm home, baby
I will know (I will know) what I did worst
When I'm home
When I'm home